Partnership helps hundreds of East Valley students

Children received health screenings and participated in a number of activities Sept. 25 at A.T. Still University in Mesa. (Submitted photo)

More than 300 children received medical and dental screenings and care Tuesday, Sept. 25, during the Corbin’s Legacy Back to School Health Fair at A.T. Still University in Mesa.

“This year, 305 underrepresented children received medical and dental screenings and care, a hot lunch, induction into the Corbin’s Legacy Kids Club and much more,” Joan Leafman, executive director of Corbin’s Legacy, stated in a release.

“It was an awe-inspiring event and all hands-on deck for Corbin’s Legacy volunteers, ATSU faculty and students and Mesa Public Schools educators. If measured in smiles, it earned an A-plus.”

This was the program’s second year. Third- through fifth-graders from Mesa Public Schools were bused to ATSU’s Mesa campus where they visited stations that involved various health screenings as well as fun activities such as bowling and hopscotch.

ATSU physical therapy students taught children how to carry a backpack properly, and each child was to receive a backpack full of school supplies and a grocery gift card.

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